Life behind Glasses

My life started with a great pair of eyes - sharp, big, well decorated with the thick eye lashes. It was said that I got it from my mom. I was proud of it to the point of being arrogant. My brother on the other hand had as beautiful looking eyes but was subjected to nearsightedness from an early age. My parents were unfortunately not able to realize this until his problem was very compounded.

I made some very terrible mistakes of using this to my advantage during arguments with my brother. I would call him lantern, four eyed and lots of more things which I am definitely not proud of. I never knew that time that humor I was subjecting my brother to, would punish me by making it my reality. I never realized how much difficulty it is for someone using glasses. Never realized how he would be feeling when driving in the rain. Never realized how he would swim without glasses. Never realized how during cold weather the glass would get blurred because of your own breath. Never realized how much a spare pair of glasses would be treasured. Never realized that how much it must have ached him to listen to my stupid jokes surrounding the spectacles. Did not realize that how it was out of his control to change his position.

As justice would have it, My eye-sight also got deteriorated during my late teens and I started wearing glasses. First stage came, when I would not like to wear it at all times. As somehow the concept of wearing glasses was kind of derogatory. This concept was actually made because of people who had good pair of vision. The second stage, is when you accept the glasses and then start wearing it all the time. Only to have hope that the power will be restored if I use the glasses all the time. The next stage is accepting that it is part of your accessory and you are with it for life.


I can only repent how much I had been foolish to abuse my eyes. Now that medical science has made so much advancement, I would first like my brother to go for the lasik before I have it done. This will be my redemption I feel.

About the Image - I was trying my hand at capturing BokehsBokehs from my balcony
(Not great I know:-))